Thursday, June 5, 2014
Kevin Spacey is seen before he is heard in Clarence Darrow, the solo play that is doing a brief if ferociously bracing run at the Old Vic, but once the actor stops fiddling with his onstage …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:05AM[SHARE]Friday, May 30, 2014
London is whistling “Yankee Doodle” this month: a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic resurfaces, several off-Broadway hits get a British airing and two Americans continue their stel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Laurence Connor's staging of "Miss Saigon'' in London shifts emphasis from the power of America's military to the suffering of the Vietnamese.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 22, 2014
David Hunter has understudied the last two guys to play Guy in the West End incarnation of the hit musical Once—but earlier this month, he nabbed the starring role for himself. The new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 15, 2014
It’s been 35 years since Tom Conti won a Tony Award for his career-defining performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway?, followed five years later by his Oscar-nominated star turn in Reube…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 7, 2014
It’s been a quarter of a century since Miss Saigon first opened on the West End, starring Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce and an unknown Filipino man named Jon Jon Briones in the ensemble.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PM[SHARE]Monday, May 5, 2014
Two major musical revivals—a modern British classic and an enduring American one—would already mark out May as a big month for London theater. Add in star turns by two Tony-nomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Comment: Brits are on the sidelines in the Tony Awards nominations, finds Matt Wolf
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 24, 2014
"I don't think it makes a good play, but it's a remarkable one," Sean O'Casey famously remarked of The Silver Tassie, his late-1920s drama about the depredations of war, and how simultaneous…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Leigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred on either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PM[SHARE]Leigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred in either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:58PM[SHARE]Friday, April 18, 2014
What is it with the London theatre and this particular Arthur Miller play? In 1987, Michael Gambon reached a career-best peak playing the Italian-American longshoreman, Eddie Carbone, in a d…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Stage debuts don’t come much more striking than that of 19-year-old Scotsman Martin Quinn, who plays the put-upon Oskar in Let the Right One In. Helmed by Tony winner John Tiffany…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PM[SHARE]Monday, April 14, 2014
Gavin Creel licked his trophy in delight, Zrinka CviteÅ¡ić spoke of making Croatian history, and Sharon D Clarke let out an exultant "wow" from the podium that was surely heard well be…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 10, 2014
Broadway adaptation of Woody Allen film is hard-edged and charmless
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Samantha Bond was a Tony nominee for Amy’s View, played Moneypenny in the Bond (no relation) films, and appeared in Downton Abbey as Lady Rosamund—but only now is the 52-year-old…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Denzil Washington shrugs off his 59 years to play a young chauffeur in the stirring A Raisin in the Sun, says Matt Wolf
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:00PM[SHARE]London theater is busier than ever with a major reopening of a West End playhouse jostling for attention with eagerly awaited revivals (from the likes of Shakespeare, Sean O’Casey, and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The actress brings a new vigor to Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit," while "Fatal Attraction" suffers from stilted language and holes in the plot.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Clare Higgins needs no introduction as one of Britain’s finest actresses, having won three Olivier Awards, as well as a 2003 Tony nod for her Broadway debut in Nicholas Wright's Vi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 19, 2014
John Lloyd Young needs no introduction as the defining Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, the international musical smash hit in which he has been starring off and on for almost nine years. He wo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04PM[SHARE]Three plays explore the travails of a former, a current and a yet-to-be couple: "Good People," "The One" and "Variation on a Theme."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 13, 2014
Charles Edwards has quietly but firmly asserted himself as one of the finest English actors of his generation, moving from London and Broadway runs in The 39 Steps, to National Theatre stint…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 11, 2014
It's tempting with this show less to write a review per se than to simply pile on the puns, but that would be to piss on - sorry, I meant do a disservice to - both the musical that is U…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2014
While Richard Fleeshman still considers himself new to the musical theater scene, the 24-year-old actor is racking up quite a list of credits, including Legally Blonde in the West End, and t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 4, 2014
"Versailles" explores loss during World War I, while despair and frustration are the main themes in "A Taste of Honey" and "The Full Monty."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 27, 2014
If it's possible to have rather too much of a frolicsome thing, consider by way of example The Knight of the Burning Pestle, a giddily self-conscious 1607 romp from Francis Beaumont that wou…
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